2020 Sunshine List: top earners

Every year British Columbia government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants, which includes nurses, teachers, police officers, and firefighters, with six-figure salaries.
In British Columbia,
541 staffers
made the list this year, earning a total salary of $121,643,066.00 in 2019.

At the top of the Sunshine List

Topping the list for British Columbia was Thomas Bechard who brought home $938,499.00 in 2019.

Following
Thomas Bechard was
Santa Ono, who had annual earnings of $601,772.00.
Chris O'Riley made $554,900.00,
Brenda Leong made $502,848.00 and
Ken Cretney round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $472,951.00 for the British Columbia 2020 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among the 541 British Columbia's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries
5 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000
followed by 21 who received between $110,001 and $150,000
, 222 received between $150,001 and $200,000
, 161 received between $200,001 and $250,000
, 54 received between $250,001 and $300,000
, 78 received over $300,000
at British Columbia.

The Sunshine List

In British Columbia, organizations defined by the Public Sector Employers Act are statutorily required to disclose all compensation that is paid to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the next four highest ranking or highest paid executives with decision-making authority earning an annualized base salary of $125,000 or more during a fiscal year.

Data

All information presented in this website is based exclusively off the publicly released sunshine lsit available for download by the Government of each province:
Ontario |
British Columbia |
Alberta